Weeknotes: 10/06/24-10/12/24

weeknotes travel family teaching museum indigenous

This week:

…and actually last week as well. It’s been a real whirlwind couple of weeks!
In our FLP102, we talked about the Sir Hans Sloane and the origins of the British Museum. We also introduced our students to wikipedia, in preparation for their wikipedia assignment.
I met with members of CGP’s “Strategic Planning” class to tour collections and talk about future collections initiatives.
Last weekend, we took our annual trip to the North Shore of Massachusetts. We finally managed to get onto a whale watch and avoid hurricanes. In line with previous trips, we hit up Gloucester and Rockport, as well as Boston’s North End. But we also went up to Portsmouth, NH and the Rye Science Center, as well as the town of Marblehead, MA, the latter of which left me spellbound. We did NOT go to Salem, which wasn’t hurting for visitors over the weekend.
Since coming back from Massachusetts, I’ve been working on coordinating an upcoming NAGPRA tribal visit, and finally managed to get plane tickets and hotel rooms booked this week. Still a lot to do before November, but that big mountain has finally been scaled.
I also spent time working on the de-installation of Velocity and Position, in preparation for our new exhibit about delaware county reservoirs.
I also did a lot of planning and logistical work for our upcoming Indigenous Peoples' day event at Hartwick.